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This past week I traveled to Kids Camp with our new Children's Pastor Mark Johnson. For the past four years I have attended because it is a great opportunity to get to know the 5th Graders who will be joining theBURN in August. Year in and year out, it proves to be an awesome time. Kids have a way of putting a lot of life in perspective and cause you to think of the ways you used to think before you took yourself too seriously. I think before we go on though, you need a visual picture of what I'm talking about to put all of this in perspective. Behold, pictures and video:
LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS
SESSION TIME
ROPES COURSE
If I was at WWDC, I would drop the following line: "All photos and videos are taken with the new iPhone 3Gs. Aren't they spectacular?" But I'm not.
You can see through the photos and videos that it was a rockin time. The timeframe looked like this:
Wednesday: arrive at camp, evening session
Thursday: morning / evening session, pool
Friday: morning / evening session, ropes course in the morning, pool in the afternoon
Saturday: morning session, leave camp
I had the opportunity to speak on Wednesday Night and open up the week. It was a GREAT experience and it was another venue in which I could communicate in a different way. It's fun to be able to share God's word in different mediums and with different audience. Gotta love this job. The theme of camp was : The Will and week took the session time to elaborate on God's will with the kids. They were great and incredibly receptive.
A proud moment for me was that worship was done by members of the youth ministry and one of our worship teams. It was very humbling and gratifying to see Caleb, Ciera, Carson and Jacob lead students in worship. It took a couple of years to get where we are but we are in the place where OUR students are not only leading worship in theBURN, but also for our church. Gooooooood stuff. Caleb and Ciera often remarked about what it was like leading worship for kids and how responsive they are (see above). That will make you rethink how "dignifed" we make ourselves when we worship.
The ropes course and the pool were all awesome but what I love over and over again is the time to hang out with the guys in the cabin and the time to chat and pray with them. The investment we make into people with our time can never be underestimated.
Though following each Kids Camp, I am thankful I'm a Youth Pastor, each one is a great experience that I look forward to each year. The 5th Graders who will be joining us this year are a good group and will bring new life to the Student Ministry which I am stoked about. There is more to come in reference to Kids Camp. This one deserves a post of its own.
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Now playing: Hillsong - You Are Faithful
LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS
SESSION TIME
ROPES COURSE
If I was at WWDC, I would drop the following line: "All photos and videos are taken with the new iPhone 3Gs. Aren't they spectacular?" But I'm not.
You can see through the photos and videos that it was a rockin time. The timeframe looked like this:
Wednesday: arrive at camp, evening session
Thursday: morning / evening session, pool
Friday: morning / evening session, ropes course in the morning, pool in the afternoon
Saturday: morning session, leave camp
I had the opportunity to speak on Wednesday Night and open up the week. It was a GREAT experience and it was another venue in which I could communicate in a different way. It's fun to be able to share God's word in different mediums and with different audience. Gotta love this job. The theme of camp was : The Will and week took the session time to elaborate on God's will with the kids. They were great and incredibly receptive.
A proud moment for me was that worship was done by members of the youth ministry and one of our worship teams. It was very humbling and gratifying to see Caleb, Ciera, Carson and Jacob lead students in worship. It took a couple of years to get where we are but we are in the place where OUR students are not only leading worship in theBURN, but also for our church. Gooooooood stuff. Caleb and Ciera often remarked about what it was like leading worship for kids and how responsive they are (see above). That will make you rethink how "dignifed" we make ourselves when we worship.
The ropes course and the pool were all awesome but what I love over and over again is the time to hang out with the guys in the cabin and the time to chat and pray with them. The investment we make into people with our time can never be underestimated.
Though following each Kids Camp, I am thankful I'm a Youth Pastor, each one is a great experience that I look forward to each year. The 5th Graders who will be joining us this year are a good group and will bring new life to the Student Ministry which I am stoked about. There is more to come in reference to Kids Camp. This one deserves a post of its own.
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Now playing: Hillsong - You Are Faithful
